3Commas vs Freqtrade Freqtrade leads by 26 points.
Freqtrade scores 26 points above 3Commas, led by custody, true cost, and capability. 3Commas ranks #6 and Freqtrade #1 of 9 published trading bots. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
3Commas58
vs
Freqtrade84
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #6 and #1 of 9
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+25.7
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below8458+26.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
FreqtradeScore 84Open-source Python bot that ships tooling to invalidate its own backtestsStrength: Python-literate self-hostersWatch-out: No company behind it — no support desk, no SLA, nobody to reimburse a strategy bug3CommasScore 58Multi-exchange trading bots with DCA, grid, and signal-driven strategiesStrength: Multi-exchange portfolio rebalancingWatch-out: 2022 API-key disclosure incident (at least 100k Binance and KuCoin API keys exposed, per 3Commas’ own incident FAQ) — verify current 2FA + IP-allowlist hygiene before connecting size
Quick facts
At a glance
Fact3CommasFreqtrade
PricingSnapshotStarter $20/mo, Pro $50/mo, Expert $140/mo at monthly billing; annual billing $15 / $38 / $105 a month. Plan caps bind before price: Starter allows 1 active exchange API key, 5 DCA, 2 signal and 2 grid bots. EEA: 3Commas.eu closed on 1 July 2026 with no automatic migration of accounts, bots, orders, subscriptions or settings. New EEA registrations are closed, EEA country selection is blocked at sign-up, and Estonia remains a restricted location. In the company’s own incident FAQ, the December 2022 breach exposed ‘at least 100k Binance and Kucoin API keys and secrets’; 3Commas has never published a loss figure. Re-read 14 September 2026.Free and open source under GPL-3.0: no subscription, commission or licence key, and the FAQ states Freqtrade has no crypto token. Real total cost: a machine running 24/7 (the docs recommend a Linux cloud instance with at least 2GB RAM, 1GB disk and 2 vCPU), exchange trading fees, and the Python competence to build and maintain a strategy. Re-read 14 September 2026.
Asset coverageEditorialAny pair tradable on connected exchanges; bot logic asset-agnosticSpot and futures algorithmic trading via your own exchange accounts
Region fitSnapshotus, globalglobal
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
3Commas
58#6 of 9
Pick it when
3Commas leads on no published criterion; its edge is friction (2.7 vs 0.7 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
Strength
Multi-exchange portfolio rebalancing
Tradeoff
2022 API-key disclosure incident (at least 100k Binance and KuCoin API keys exposed, per 3Commas’ own incident FAQ) — verify current 2FA + IP-allowlist hygiene before connecting size
Freqtrade
84#1 of 9
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Freqtrade if custody matters most — it scores 10/10 to 3Commas's 2/10 there (weight 30).
Strength
Python-literate self-hosters
Tradeoff
No company behind it — no support desk, no SLA, nobody to reimburse a strategy bug
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
3Commas
3Commas leads Freqtrade on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
3CommasScore 58Multi-exchange trading bots with DCA, grid, and signal-driven strategiesStrength: Multi-exchange portfolio rebalancingWatch-out: 2022 API-key disclosure incident (at least 100k Binance and KuCoin API keys exposed, per 3Commas’ own incident FAQ) — verify current 2FA + IP-allowlist hygiene before connecting size
FreqtradeLeads
Choose Freqtrade if custody matters most
Custody: 10/10 against 2/10 for 3Commas (weight 30)
True cost: 10/10 against 5/10 for 3Commas (weight 26)
Capability: 10/10 against 5/10 for 3Commas (weight 24)
FreqtradeScore 84Open-source Python bot that ships tooling to invalidate its own backtestsStrength: Python-literate self-hostersWatch-out: No company behind it — no support desk, no SLA, nobody to reimburse a strategy bug
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Custody
by 8 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Freqtrade leads
3Commas2/10 out of 10
Freqtrade10/10 out of 10
True cost
by 5 of 10weight 6.2 of 86Freqtrade leads
3Commas5/10 out of 10
Freqtrade10/10 out of 10
Capability
by 5 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Freqtrade leads
3Commas5/10 out of 10
Freqtrade10/10 out of 10
Reliability
by 4 of 10weight 4.8 of 86Freqtrade leads
3Commas2/10 out of 10
Freqtrade6/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
3Commas20/20Freqtrade20/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
3Commas8.4/30Freqtrade22.1/30
Freqtrade leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
3Commas2.7/10Freqtrade0.7/10
3Commas leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
3Commas6.4/8Freqtrade3.2/8
3Commas leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
3Commas6.9/18Freqtrade8.3/18
Freqtrade leads
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Freqtrade unless the term 3Commas leads on is the one you are buying.
3Commas leads on no published criterion; its edge is friction (2.7 vs 0.7 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Operational reliability · 20% (3Commas 2/10, Freqtrade 6/10)
Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: True cost of operation (26%), Strategy capability (24%).
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Freqtrade scores 26 points above 3Commas, led by custody, true cost, and capability. Published scores, out of 100: 3Commas 58 (rank 6 of 9 trading bots), Freqtrade 84 (rank 1 of 9).
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